For every one person who would rather have a scholarly debate about anything, there are at least a hundred who want some dessert reading, or want to be entertai

For every one person who would rather have a scholarly debate about anything, there are at least a hundred who want some dessert reading, or want to be entertained, or want to get in a fight. A lot of well-respected authors distinguished themselves by not being boring. I usually use a dry tone on HN because it's a place that's particularly prone to petty pretendo-debate-club arguments, and being boring reduces the chances of getting caught in one of those, which I don't enjoy. But the more entertaining personalities here get a lot more attention. And fwiw his description of Mensans doesn't seem totally off the mark.